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Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing belief in angels. Recent studies suggest that a third of people in the UK believe in guardian angels, and nearly three quarters of Americans believe…

This piece was written for The Idler. Theresa May has survived the after-blasts of her radioactive campaign like a political cockroach. Jeremy Corbyn has apparently brought back socialism from the dead like a red phoenix. We’re told that everything has…

A piece written for The Idler. The wonderful British Library is celebrating its Greek manuscripts collection. Its copy of The Handbook (or Enchiridion) of Epictetus is a showcase piece. And I hope the online resource encourages people to read this…

Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing the notion of original participation. How do you experience the cosmos? Did people in the past experience such participation differently? Do mystics enjoy a type…

I had a tremendous time at Nomad Live. A great sense of honesty, passion and openness. The conversation is online at the Nomad Podcast. The brilliant mind map of the exchange was drawn by one kind listener.

This piece was published in the Church Times a month ago, and so can now peak from behind the paywall. It is also the last piece of mine edited by Rachel Boulding. She much improved many of my efforts. Jesus…

Rupert Shedrake and I have published the latest in our Science Set Free podcasts, discussing who Jesus was. Jesus saves, it is often said. But what does that mean? Is it an objectionable notion, implying a bloodthirsty God? We explore…

The Whanganui river in New Zealand now has the same rights as a person. It’s considered to be an ancestor by the Whanganui iwi people. Theirs is the old view. Ancient cultures tended not to imagine their rivers as geographical…

Why we now need a renewed conjugal theology Equality is politically effective. Its message is immediate and, in a mature democracy, one that most understand. But it is also a blunt tool, riding roughshod over some crucial, subtle issues about…

A piece published in the Guardian, reflecting on the Southbank Centre’s Belief and Beyond Belief festival. Past civilisations are much celebrated for their religious and philosophical diversity. Ancient Athens gave rise to the varied experiments in good living known as…